Incarceration and Its Impact on Health

Date: 

Tuesday, February 15, 2022, 12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

Zoom webinar

Please join us for the first of the four-part event series, "Medical Justice and the Carceral State," that aims to encourage collaboration between health and legal experts, raise awareness about healthcare disenfranchisement in carceral settings, and showcase the material change that is possible through public interest law and medical partnerships.

Panelists: 

Toorjo Ghose, MSW, PhD
Associate Professor of Social Policy & Practice, University of Pennsylvania

Jasmine Graves, MPH
PhD Candidate, Population Health Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Joneisha Sashi James
Administrator for the Executive Direcgtor, The National Council for Incarcerated Women and Girls
Lead Organizer, National State #ClemencyWorks Campaign

Monik C. Jiménez, ScD
Associate Epidemiologist, Division of Women's Health
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Edjah K. Nduom, MD, FAANS
Associate Professor, Deparment of Neurosurgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Moderator: 

Alden M. Landry, MD, MPH
Assistant Dean, Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership, Harvard Medical School
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

About the Series: 

This series is co-sponsored by the Justice, Health, and Democracy Impact Initiative of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, the Medical Justice Alliance, the Harvard FXB Center for Health & Human Rights, and the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School. 

This first lecture is also co-sponsored by the Equity & Social Justice Series at Harvard Medical School, which provides context to the historical, current, and future state of equity and social justice in health and health care, and engages and equips participants with tools to take action. 

Cick here to register for the Medical Justice and the Carceral State webinar.

Poster of the event with small thumbnail headshots of the panelists and moderator